More than three thousand people attended the funeral in Dewas.
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Stoves were not lit in the houses of Bedakhal village. Five of the dead were beneficiaries of Sambal Yojana. The last rites were performed on the banks of the backwater.
Naiduniya representative, Dewas/Satwas. 6 people of Bedakhal village of Satwas tehsil of Dewas, who were going by car to visit Khatu Shyam temple in Rajasthan, died in a tragic accident in Bundi on Sunday morning. When their bodies were brought to the village on Monday morning, the whole village cried. Relatives became unconscious from crying, it was difficult to control women and children.
The whole village was saddened by this accident. When the bodies of 6 people Mangilal, Rajesh, Jagdish, Mahesh, Poonamchand, Madan were taken out together in the morning, everyone’s eyes were moist. At around 8 in the morning, all of them were cremated on the same pyre on the banks of the backwaters of Maa Narmada on the river of Bhamar village.
More than three thousand people attended the funeral
More than three thousand people were present at the funeral. Bagli MLA Murali Bhanwara, Satwas Tehsildar Hariom Thakur, Satwas Police Station Incharge Ashish Rajput were present along with the team and consoled the relatives.
The Red Cross Society bore the cost of bringing the body
Tehsildar Thakur said that out of the 6 deceased, 5 are beneficiaries of Sambal Yojana, their relatives will be given Rs 4 lakh each. The amount of Rs 2 lakh each announced by the CM will remain separate.
The Red Cross Society, Dewas, has borne the cost of bringing the bodies from Rajasthan to Bedakhal. A separate assistance of Rs. 5,000 each has been given for the last rites.